Combined rain-coat, slicker-suit, and life-preserver.



"1; WASKIN.

COMBINED RAIN COAT, SLIOKER SUIT, AND LIFE PRESBRVER.

APPLICATION TIL ED SEPT. 14, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

P. WASKIN.

COMBINED RAIN COAT SLIGKEE. SUIT, AND LIFE PRESERVER.

APPLICATION FILED 5112114, 191-1.

1 ,130,778. Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

4 BHEETS-SHEET 2 P. WASKIN. COMBINED RAIN COAT, SLIOKER SUIT, AND LIFE PRESERVE APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

4 $HEETS SHEBT 3 P. WASKIN.

COMBINED RAIN COAT, SLIOKER SUIT, AND LIFE PRESERVER.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.14, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4 PETER WASKIN, OF SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED RAIN-COAT, SLICKER-SUIT. AND LIFE-PRESERVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed September 14, 1914. Serial No. 861,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER 'Wnsnrx, a sub ject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Somerville. in the county of Somerset, State of New Jersey, have made a certain new and useful invention in Combined Rain-Goats. Shelter-Suits, and Life-Preservers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and more particularly to a combination gar ment comprising a raincoat, slicker suit and life preserver.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment which may be worn either as a raincoat, a slicker suit or a life preserver,

- and which will protect the wearer from the weather when used as a raincoat or slicker suit and which will effectually keep the wearer afloat and also keep the body from coming in. contact with the water when employed as a life preserver.

Other objects of the invention will ap: pear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the.

construction, combination, location and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a garment cmbodying the principles ,of my invention showing the same as applied to a person for use as a raincoat. 2 is a view in rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a broken detail view showing the collar of the garment turned up. Fig. 4 is a broken detail view showing the rear of the collar turned up. Fig. is a view in front elevation, parts broken away and parts in section, showing the interior of a garment embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 6 is a view in elevation partly in section on the line 6, 6, Fig. 5 showing the front of the combined garment. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective. parts broken off. showing the front of the garment embodying principles of my invention. Fig. 8 is a view in horizontal section on the line 8, 8, Fig. 1. looking in the direc tion of the arrows. Fig. 9 is a view incle vation, parts broken off, showing the rear side of the garment when used as a life preserver. Fig. 10 is a side elevation partly broken away and partly in vertical section showing a modified arrangement of the garment when used as a life preservcr. Fig.

11 is a view in horizontal section on the line 11, 11, Fig. 12 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 12 is a front view,- parts broken away and parts in section showing a modified arrangement wherein a garment comprising a shirt and trousers is employed in place of a coat to accomplish the purposes of my invention.

The same part is designated by the same reference numeral wherever it appears throughout the several views.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, my improved garment is similar to an ordinary raincoat except for the details and features hereinafter notedand aside from such details and features the raincoat may be made of any desired style or form without allecting the principles of my invention.

The improved combination garment is made of waterproof material such as is employed in an ordinary waterproof coat. The coat 5 is constructed so that there is a plurality of air tight inflatable compartments indicated at l, 2, and 3, having tubes 6,? and 8 respectively entering said compartments for use in inflating them. Compartments 1 and 2- are located at the front while compartment 3 is at the rear of the coat. I also prefer to make the collar 4 hollow and inflatable by. means of a tube connection '9. Compartments 1, 2 and 3 are so constructed that more material is used at their upper ends 7 than at their lower ends (see Fig. 6) the surplus of material being gathered into folds as shown. When the combination garment is used as a rain coat as shown in Fig. 1 the fullness of the material at the upper portion of the compartments 1, 2 and 3, gathered into folds as shown, is fastened to the coat body in any suitable manner. I have shown in Fig. 6, how the material is arranged in folds although, as above stated,

this may be taken care of in any other suitable manner, and my invention is not to be. restricted in this regard. The tubes (3, 7, 8. and 9, are so arranged in relation to the compartments 1, 2, 3 and collar 4, that when the collar L is turned down, as in Figs. 1 and 2, it covers up these tubes from view.

On the inside of the coat a Waterproof lining 10 is provided which extends the vertical length of the coat and terminates in boots or leg and foot portions 19. The lining 10 is cemented or otherwise secured to the inside of the coat body along the lines 11 and 12. The upper portion 13 of the lin- Patented Mar. 9,1915.

ing is open while the lower portion extends downv to the bottom of the coat. The boot portions 19 are-preferably made of waterproof material, and are cemented or otherwise suitably connected to the lining and the bottom part 20 of the coat. The arrangement of lining 10 together with boots 19, as described forms a pocket 18 for the body of the wearer when the garment is used as a life preserver. Whenthe garment is used as a raincoat the lining 10 is fastened at its upper and open end to the interior surface of the coat by clasps or other suitable means as indicated at 14. The sleeves 16 are also provided with an auxiliary lining of waterproof material 15 which if desired, may be part of lining 10, and which terminates at the lower end thereof in waterproof gloves 17 which are cemented or otherwise secured thereto. The outside portion 21 of the sleeve has an extended portion 22 which also is cemented or otherwise secured to the gloves 17. This forms a pocket 23, adapted to receive the arm of the wearer.

e gloves 17 when not in use are pushed up inside the sleeves as shown in Fig. 6, and suitably fastened to the interior of the sleeve as indicated at 24. When the coat is being Worn as a raincoat the wearer will use the sleeve portion 25, slipping his arm through the arm holes 26 as in an ordinary coat. The boots 19 when not in use are pushed up between the lining 10 and theinner surface of the coat back as shown in dotted lines in fiaving described the construction of the combined garment, I will now describe its operation-when used for the different purposes for which it is contemplated. First, wherrthe garment is used as a raincoat it is wornby: the user, as shown in Figs.) and 2, like an ordinary rain coat, the arms entering' the arm-holes 26, and the body of the wearer occupying the space indicated at 50,

en it is desired to use the gar- Fig. .6. Wh

the wearer unfasment as a life preserver,

tens the lining 10, opening the pocket, 18 and slips his body'into the pocket 18 pushing out the boots 19 with his feet from between the inner surfaee of the coat back and the lining 10.'- He then slips his arms through the ockets 23 in the sleeve 16 formed by the ining 1-5'and the. outside portion 21 of the sleeve, forcing out the gloves 17 with his hands, Thiscincases the entire body of the wearer 'including his hands and feet. The front part of the coat, is now buttoned, the collar 4 turned up and the pocket 18 at its openend is closed around the wearers neck y suitable means such as buckle and strap or other suitable The wearer then inflates the compartments 1, 2- and 3 and the collar 4 by blowingjr therein through-tubes 6, 7, 8 and 9 which are 1 located at the neck and are of suflicient devices indicated at 51'.-

length to render them easily accessible to the mouth. When the compartments are inof a person floating in the water andit serves also, to insure the head of the wearer being always kept afloat, in other words, the wearer remains in upright position. By inflating the compartment 4 or the collar of the coat, it keeps water from entering at the nec It will be seen that the coat is now adapted to be used as a life preserver which will keep the entire body thoroughly ry and efliciently supported in the water in u right position with the head always above the water. As before stated, the compartments 1 and 2 are so formed at their lower ends that they curve away from the middle the front of the coat, as in- "ertical-line of dicated at 52, Fig. 1. This enables the wearer to bend freely when these compartments are inflated for use as a life preserver.

hen one desires to keep the body dry and not use the garment as a life preserver it is readily seen that by not inflating the bags the coat may be used in that capacity,

giving the garment a third use, that of a slicker suit which incloses the entire body Lnclgding the feet and hands but not the I have shown a modified arrangement of my invention in Fig. 10 wherein the air compartment 3 is shown inflated. In this modified arrangement I construct the compartment so that the upper portion 28 is detached from the rear face of the coat at the point indicated at 27 and extends up some distance above the collar. This ada ts the upper portion 28 of the compartmen 3 to fold or bend over at a point about its mid as a rest for the ment contemplated by my invention wherein I employ ashirt 29 and trousers 30' both made of waterproof material. The shirt 29 is provided with air tight compartments such' as 32, 33, 34 and 35, Fig. 11. Suitable tubes 36 with check valves 53 are provided for inflating each of said compartments and are located near the upper portions thereof so as to be easily accw HE-e to the mouth. The inside face of the bjiiii't :51! adapted to be fastened to the trousenor suitable means as indicated at 37 so thrt hen the shirt is slipped on'over the tro rs and fastened on the inside thereto this encased in a ater tight garment it: when the air compartments are intlat ii a suitable life preservcr is provided, in i, l; arrangement, in the rain coat, the air cmipartments are made larger at the upper cud than at their lower end. providing a greate buoyancy at the head than at the middlt- (it the body.

llaving now set forth th obj cts and na ture of my invention and a c nstructiou. embodving the features thercot what I claim as new and useful and desirc to wure by Letters Patent is:-

l. A combined raincoat. and life preserve!- having an inflatable body ironipartment and a foldable intlatalolc coliar', and means to in fiate said compartment and collar.

2. A combined raincoat and iii'e preserver having an inflatable body onopartincnt and a foldable collar, and means to inflate said compartment and said coliar said means loeat/ed beneath to be conceaicd bv the collar when, folded down.

3. A combination. garm nt formed into separate receptacles, one to receive the body and arms of the wearer hen rmploved as a coat, and the other formed a aiortight to inclose the body of the wearer including the hands and feet.

4. A combination garment having an outer portion and an inner lining, the lining having 'loldable leg: and giovc portions formed therewith to he ioidod between the lining and the oumr por i-zm when not re quired for use. said lining; hir ng detached from the outer portion at thrucctt thereof to form a receptacle to rt e the body of the wearer.

5. combination ;.r sm-nt having an out r portion and an inn H233 onne ted lotr thcr to irni a spa \Q Wi U'W'l. said il toot and lining portion formed into :ZzwQl said spa e wvhen not required for use. and dotachcd from the out r portion at th ilri'li i'or in gnaw; (ii iiw lin l'v' (if a \w' is M It: swirl i itii'o. 3. A com ination ;1'': i ha ing m tt" portion and ac, i no conu ilcd tog llu-r to F rm a sp inrci mid lining-g portion 11:: .1 to ill! oiuw poi :Joi a: ,il' 'css of tin itil l ot a W 3 M wi l share. 7. ft r-nnhination fliill'dtli having an out-or portion and an inn r iiuing; connected together to form a space thorehetween, said 6 lining portion being dctachaltly connected 5 l to the outer portion at its omit, and an mform crmtii'mations flatable compartment formed inside said outer portion.

8. A combination garment. having an outer portion and an inner lining connected together to form a space therehetween, said lining having leg and foot portions connected thereto to form continuations of said space and toldahle into said space when not required for use, said lining being detachably connected to the outer portion at its neck to afford ingress of the feet and body of a wearer to said space.

A. combination garment having an outer portion formed with sleeves and an inner lining for the outer portion and sleeves and connected thereto to form intercomi'nunicatiug spares. said lining portion having g ove portions connected thereto to form continuations of the sleeve spaces, and foldablo into said spaces when not r uircd for use. said iininp; being dctachahly connected to the outer portion at; its neck to afford ingress ot the body. arms and hands of a wearer to said spi -cs 10. l -::omhination garment having an eater portion termed {will sleeves and an inneg'liuing for the outer portion and sluaves and connected. thrrrto to form inter communicating st ces, said lining portion having glove naction-s connected thereto to oi the sleeve spaces and foldahle into said spaces when not required for use, said lining being detachably connected to out-er portion at its neck to atl'ord ingr ss oi the body. arms and hands of a wearer to said spaces, and an inflatable compartment connected to the outer portion.

11. A combination garment having an outer portion termed with sleeves and an in nor lining for the outer p'oi'tion and sleeves and connected thereto to form intercornmunic'ating spaces, said lining portion having: glove portions connected thereto to form mntiiuiations oi the sleeve spaces and tohlabh; into said spaces when not required to: us said lining being detach olv connected to th outer portionpi its nccl; to all' r'l in rm-s of the body, arms and hands of woarrr to said spaces, and an inllataiilc cnn arinnmt conucrtcd to the outer l;()l',il!ili i rid comparunent being: of greater capacity at its upprr than at its lower end.

11%.. com inati n garment having an outer portion and an inner liuiu connected {ogjvt 'rr to t rn: a sparrthcrchctween said huin p rt on burg di-ivichahly wmuccted to the ouh-r motion at its owl; and an ilnlatable compa iuwat oimcd iusi-ilc suit outer p rtion. and an intiat-ioir compartment connrc'tcd to the outer poitiom said con'nfiurtm [wing of greater capacity at the upper than at the lower end thereof.

13. combination garment having an outeip portion formed with sleeves, and an inner lining for the outer portion and sleeves and connected thereto to form intercommunicating spaces, said lining formed with glove and foot and leg portions which communicate with said spaces, respectively, said gloves and foot and leg portions being foldable into said spaces when not required for use, and said lining being detachably connected to the outer portion at its neck to afford ingress of the body, arms, feet and legs of a wearer to said spaces.

14. A combination garment having an outer portion formed with sleeves, and an inner lining for the outer portion and sleeves and connected thereto to form intercommunicating spaces, said lining formed with glove and foot and leg portions which communicate with said spaces respectively said gloves and foot and leg portions being foldable into said spaces when not required for use, and said lining nected to the outer portion at its neck to if ford ingress of the body, arms, feet and legs of a wearer to said spaces and an inflatable compartment formed inside said outer poi" tion.

my hand in the presence of the subscribing NICHOLAS ALEINIKOFF, SAMUEL E. DARBY, Jr.

being detachably 0on In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a i 

